FACTBOX-Cyclone Idai kills 661, displaces hundreds of thousands
As of Monday, at least 661 people had been reported killed by the storm, the flooding it caused and heavy rains before it hit
FACTBOX-From attacks to deaths, key facts about Congo's escalating Ebola epidemic
By March 2019 Congo's Ebola outbreak surpassed 1,000 cases with a death toll of 629 and spread to the city of Bunia, the second-largest city in eastern Congo
Heavy weapons fire rocks Yemen's Hodeidah as U.N. pushes to clinch troop pullout
The government forces' retreat would free up access to Red Sea Mills, which holds some 50,000 tonnes of World Food Programme grain, enough to feed 3.7 million people
FACTBOX -Deadly anniversary: eight facts as Yemen's war enters fifth year
About 80 percent of the population need some form of humanitarian assistance
Northern Syria administration calls for tribunal for Islamic State detainees
Its statement argued that the jurisdiction of the courts should be where the criminal act happened and where the offenders were captured in order for there to be a fair trial in line with international law and human rights conventions
Sri Lanka's drought, failure to raise power capacity force nationwide power cuts
Drought has halved hydro-power generation to 15 percent of total electricity production amid attempts to save water for other needs
INTERVIEW-Bill Gates urges Afghanistan and Pakistan to "get to zero" in polio fight
Success in reducing case numbers worldwide has been largely due to intense national and regional immunisation campaigns in babies and children
Floods kill at least 17 in southern Iran after causing disaster in the north
The spread of deadly flooding to the south follows days of floods that affected more than 56,000 people living in 270 villages and small towns in the northern provinces of Mazandaran and Golestan
Bangladesh says no hurry to relocate Rohingya, in talks with UN bodies
The number of refugees in Cox's Bazar has swelled since August 2017, when a Myanmar military-led crackdown that U.N. investigators have said was conducted with "genocidal intent" prompted some 730,000 Rohingya to flee
Congo Ebola epidemic exceeds 1,000 cases - health ministry
It is now the second-deadliest in history, behind the 2013-16 one in West Africa that is believed to have killed more than 11,000 people